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Done with the exams - - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 Cheerkut Finally its over . Overall the exam was a mixed bag. Quite similar to NBME. however there were few differences Qs stem were a lot lengthier.....if this is supposed to tire u...i did tire out in the last few blocks. Often the lengthier questions were the simplest .... Many options ...one question had upto N (15) !!most were HUMBUG! subject wise . Pathology ...is the core ...may be 70 % in my portal pathophysiology was stressed rather than knowing the diagnosis! The diagnosis was often mentioned..they wanted How? What? Why? Pharmacology was direct ....MOA...very little though microbiology ....stress on diarrheas(bact/viral) Biochemistry ...tricky about 5 questions per block. I think konowing the enzymes and cycles inside- out is a must. immunology ....not much ..surprisingly! Ithought this was nemesis for most. Biostats and behavioural ....not in depth...ratios/risks/mean/modeetc behavioural and psy were manageable. NOTHING OF EMBRYOLOGY/ 2 questions in ANATOMY in the whole exam... Many graphs .... some really tested the concepts . MRI/CT often with pathophysiology...so these were simplified. Pictures/photographs are ...DISTRACTORS...thats what i found ....since the question really demanded something different from what the picture /Photo showed. Very much doable exam ...i finished all blocks about 15-20 mins before time and could review the answers later. Hope i do well. thanks everyone for the good vibes ,should see u all soon in the step2 forum. thankyou. good luck to all those who are to give the exams .. GOD BLESS. 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 farhana Good Luck to you too.!!!.....Good memory ....I should say....... Congrats in advance! 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 hehadoc well done. i think i couldn´t do the exam so quickly, but your explanation about the content is consistent with other people have said. congratulations. i hope you will get a very good score 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 Karan Hey Cheerkut: Hope ur having a blast..!! Can u give us an overview of ur studying methods, books, etc... I am using the kaplan home study book - step 1 review. Will start wil FA + Q bank soon...!! Did u use kaplan books... Thanks 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 Cheerkut I studied from kaplan notes.....I found it better to restrict my reading from a few Complete books . THIS HELPS IN REVISION ....F.A is GOOD enough ...u may add on things S.O.S downloaded some goljan notes (valuemd.com)..pretty nice stuff did USMLEASY.com quite early ...(3 months before ) did kaplan Qbank... it grinds u through all that is required. NBME is very close to what u could be expecting save it for the last month /3 weeks. 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 Karan Hey Cheerkut: Thanks for ur reply.. Did u attend the kaplan live lectures or did u just use the live lecture notes (7 books)... What did u think about the home study books (2 books)... I bought the live lec. notes from a friend but i'm frustrated reading them without attending the lecs. or listening to the audios. Another friend of mine gave me the home study - step 1 review books. These are better to read i feel.. Do u have any idea about these..? Thanks 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 Karan And besides i finished med. school in 1998. So it's been a while....Taking the exam in nov...Started studying like 2 weeks ago..I have a full time job. Mon- fri 8-5 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 hehadoc what about biochem/genetics questions? did you have trouble in answering these? 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 Cheerkut Karan, i have no idea about live web prep. i studied from the 7 books only. with anecdotes from varied sources. Practising questions is THE thing ...TRy your hand on AS MANY AS POSSIBLE . U being a full timer....give urself sufficient time >= 3months to get the hang of the exams . I too graduated in 98' its also about recall..more the better Hehadoc. Genetics.. was along the lines of Q bank. all Qs look for the concept.rather than content. PCR sequences , P53 ,oncogenes are HOT i wud say. Biochem.... as i said ...don,t just know them ..link them u wud then answer most of the questions. 0 - ArchivalUser - 08-04-2004 hehadoc thanks cheerkut |